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Old 12-17-2021, 01:30 PM   #91 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
Yeah like how to power all these electric cars?
Every family that adds an electric car is going to be adding hundreds of additional KWH to their electric bill.
If the typical car is driven 12,000 miles, I assume an EV will require about 4,000 kWh more per year (3 miles / kWh).

Charging off-peak means baseload capacity would need to increase, which is a good thing since it reduces the gap between base and peak loads. Nuke would be an excellent source of baseload since they like to run at a continuous output.

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